Do MayorJacobs and Mayor Mitchell over in Blount Co. know about this?

This will create a dilemma for smaller businesses that have to decided who to cater to - the non-mask wearing or mask wearing public. We're not spending anything at a business if masks aren't being worn. Will this create additional problems with large, national corporations putting additional stress on small locally-owned business OR will this just give the non-mask wearing people a place to go that has a higher risk of virus transmission where nobody will challenge them? Ironically, I would be less likely to go to Walmart before Covid, but if they're requiring masks I'd be more likely to go. I would be interested in seeing sales tax receipts from these mask mandatory businesses and other (non mandatory) business now (or in the coming weeks/months) compared to the same period a year ago.

Mask requirement has more customers violating the new standard. I wear a mask, but after the new law went into effect for Knox County, I see more people not wearing a mask. I always shop early in the morning during the senior hour, when most everyone wore a mask. After the new restriction went into effect, I have been in several stores that were previously following mask guidelines, but not have far too many customers not wearing masks. I assume most non-mask people were only there to intimidate the seniors.

Regional grocer Food City will require mask eff. 7/23/2020.

Our little Food City has been doing a pretty good job. Most customers already wear masks. It will be nice when all customers wear masks.